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In August 2012, Brett interviewed Merlin Mann on the now-legendary 6th episode of Systematic. Thus was a trilogy born. From processes to pills and apps to naps, one of Systematic’s signature returning-guest series was born.

Using the latest in bleeding-edge digital technology, we have restored these episodes to the original creative vision that was literally, figuratively, and metaphysically impossible at the time.

We’ve gone all the way back to the original masters, removing and modifying content (ads) that distracts from the auteur’s intent. What results is a bespoke, artisanally created Special Edition product unlike any in the crowded Merlin Mann Podcast market today.

This presentation of The Original Trilogy of Merlin Mann includes bonus, never-before-heard, ultra-exclusive deleted content, presented in the most ridiculous and semi-obtrusive way possible that does not involve a Blu-ray player.

Special Thanks to George Lucas, the Fair Use Clause, The United States of America, and The Merlin Mann Trust.

Recorded in front of a live audience at Mezzanine in San Francisco, John Gruber is joined by Phil Schiller to discuss the news from WWDC: OS X 10.11 El Capitan, iOS 9, the new native app SDK for Apple Watch, Apple Music, and the 2004 American League Championship series.

This week James brings Johnny O’Mara, Spencer Hamilton, and Patrick McDonald on the show to celebrate the creepening of Halloween. In this game of Dread the boys get the chance to audition for SNL and it goes just about as badly as an audition could possibly go.

Welcome to CARDBOARD! with Rich Sommer! In this first episode, Rich is joined by Modern Family’s Ty Burrell to talk about the NFL board game he played growing up, better Jenga, and being immortalized in the Modern Family Game. Rich also tells us about why Carcassonne is his Favorite Game of All Time Ever, This Week and which cocktail goes well with Red7 in the first installment of Cardboard and Cocktails. Later, Rich’s 7-year-old daughter Beatrice talks about why Sorry! Sliders is a good game for those new to board games and the boys of Flip the Table break down the Batman Forever Audio Cassette game. E-mail us at cardboardcast@gmail.com and give us a ring a ding on the telephone at 1-234-25-GAMES!

Hello and, again, welcome to the Aperture Science computer-aided enrichment center. We hope your brief detention in the relaxation vault has been a pleasant one. You are now in possession of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. With it, you can create your own portals. These intra-dimensional gates have proven to be completely safe. You, Subject Name Here, must be the pride of Subject Hometown Here.

You know what my days used to be like? I just tested. Nobody murdered me. Or put me in a potato. Or fed me to birds. I had a pretty good life. And then you showed up. You dangerous, mute lunatic. So you know what? You win. Just go. It’s been fun. Don’t come back.

Hosted by Mike Vardy, The Productivityist Podcast is a weekly show where he discusses tips, tools, tactics, tricks that are designed to help you take your productivity to new heights - both at work and at home.

It’s an ALL-SCARY SNAP! Those who think they know things are especially surprised when they hear that scream in the night. From PRX & NPR, we proudly present the most dreaded episode of the year, "Spooked V: Innocence Lost."

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Granny told him to keep the voices "secret." But the voices told him something else.

This story comes to you from our Kickstarter Spooked V Listener Stories Contest winner Maria Serratore-Gunter.

Maria always got double the presents on Christmas because her birthday was the next day. But there was one present she always looked forward to most: her aunt’s present. Every year, Maria’s aunt bought her a doll for her doll collection. So when the day rolled around Maria was a senior in high school she opened her aunt’s present first. Low and behold it was another doll. But this doll was unlike any Maria had ever seen. And she would never want to see it again.